Is the First of the Two Born Saved? A Rare and Dramatic Case of Double Placental Damage from SARS-CoV-2

Leonardo Resta; Antonella Vimercati; Sara Sablone; Andrea Marzullo; Gerardo Cazzato; Giuseppe Ingravallo; Giulia Mazzia; Francesca Arezzo; Anna Colagrande; Roberta Rossi

doi:10.3390/v13060995

Viruses (May 2021)

Is the First of the Two Born Saved? A Rare and Dramatic Case of Double Placental Damage from SARS-CoV-2

Leonardo Resta,
Antonella Vimercati,
Sara Sablone,
Andrea Marzullo,
Gerardo Cazzato,
Giuseppe Ingravallo,
Giulia Mazzia,
Francesca Arezzo,
Anna Colagrande,
Roberta Rossi

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Leonardo Resta: Section of Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Antonella Vimercati: Section of Gynecology and Obstretics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Sara Sablone: Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
Andrea Marzullo: Section of Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Gerardo Cazzato: Section of Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Giuseppe Ingravallo: Section of Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Giulia Mazzia: Section of Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Francesca Arezzo: Section of Gynecology and Obstretics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Anna Colagrande: Section of Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
Roberta Rossi: Section of Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v13060995
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 6
p. 995

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The current coronavirus pandemic has affected, in a short time, various and different areas of medicine. Among these, the obstetric field has certainly been touched in full, and the knowledge of the mechanisms potentially responsible for placental damage from SARS-CoV-2 occupy a certain importance. Here we present here a rare case of dichorionic twins born at 30 weeks and 4 days of amenorrhea, one of whom died in the first few hours of life after placental damages potentially related to SARS-CoV-2. We also propose a brief review of the current literature giving ample emphasis to similar cases described.

Published in Viruses

ISSN: 1999-4915 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses

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